Updates + Additions
New Releases
“JuanesTeban,” Juanes – Digital: March 6; CD + Vinyl: April 10
“We Swallowed the Sky,” Beatrix – April 24
“Julia,” Julia Cumming – April 24
“Your Favorite Toy,” Foo Fighters – April 24
“HOME WAS ALWAYS ME,” WHIPPED CREAM – April 30
“The Me That Remains,” Amy Grant – May 8
“Brightside,” Ziggy Marley – May 8
“Don’t Let It Die Vol. 1,” The Deslondes – May 22
“True South,” Rodney Atkins – May 29
“Every Single Muscle,” The Bug Club – May 29
Reissues
“Queen II (Collector’s Edition),” Queen – March 27
“Bullet For My Valentine,” Bullet For My Valentine – April 10
“Songs to Remember,” Scritti Politti – April 10
“Word Paradise: United Artists & Liberty Records Recordings,” Fischer-Z – April 24
“A World of Our Own: The UK & Irish Folk Explosion of 1965,” various artists – April 24
“Children of the Sun,” Billy Thorpe – May 15
Billie Eilish | David Bowie | Conan Gray | Elton John | Beastie Boys | The Beatles | Sabrina Carpenter | Talking Heads + many more
Just Released
(Surprise releases + more)
“Idols (Complete),” YUNGBLUD (Download; extended version of his Grammy-nominated “Idols” album, with seven new tracks; Hear here; Read here; CD and Clear Vinyl out May 15; On Tour; Merch; Locomotion Recordings / Capitol)
“Daimon: Piano Concerto, Ithaca Suite & Sonatina for Nausicaa,” Olivia Belli (Hear here; Sony Classical)
“On Enmity,” Flesh Field (U.S. electro-industrial band’s fourth album; Hear here; Metropolis)
“Revisions,” Mylo Bybee (Pacific Northwest alt-rock band’s five-song EP; Hear here; Gold Ship Records)
“New Day,” Liz Cooper (Vermont-based singer-songwriter’s third album; Sleepyhead)
“Let’s Do Something Stupid!,” Bryce Vine (rapper-singer’s third album; producer: John Feldmann; guests: Bailey Spinn, The Home Team, 44 Blonde, Dicky Barrett, State Champs, Emi Grace, et al; Big Noise)
“Ain’t That Loving You, Baby,” Mike Van Eyes Big Band (Hear here; Mike Van Eyes)
Feelin' all of forty-five, goin' on fifteen
New Songs Playlist
(Click on title to stream)
Your Favorite Toy, Foo Fighters
The Me That Remains, Amy Grant
Drag Path, twenty one pilots
miss u 2, Ty Dolla $ign feat. Leon Thomas
Refuge, Dermot Kennedy
Ride, Jessie Ware
Çike Çike, Bebe Rexha
She Knows Too Much, Thundercat & Mac Miller
Flowers, Oliver Tree
Arkansas Mud, Ashley McBryde
Smiling Eyes (Smiling Faces) (from “The Gray House” soundtrack), Killer Mike
Who Am I, Tedeschi Trucks Band
Save My Love, Kygo, Khalid & Gryffin
Behemoth, August Burns Red
I Don’t Wanna Cry Anymore, Madden Metcalf
Yellow Eyes, Yebba
STAMPEDE, Genesis Owusu
Talkin’ About Jesus, Jonah Kagen
I Ain’t Bound, Benjamin Tod
Icarus, Eugene McGuinness
hollyweird, aja monet
ROSITA, Tainy, Rauw Alejandro & JHAYCO
Fighting the Good Fight, Joe Nichols
stranger, WHIPPED CREAM
I Own This Bar, Braxton Keith
Where did all the fruit go?, The Foot & Leg Clinic
Moving Unison, fanclubwallet
Travel Back In Time, Club 8
FLAMED UP, JayDon
Lightning Bugs, Lucas John & The Delinquents
Neon Nights, my inner chaos
State of Despair, Crimson Riot
The Ballad of the Dry Fork River, Jeff Brown & Wayne Taylor
Watch Me Win It, Queen Anne
DND, Indigo Syndicate
Get Through, Dani Ivory
Vicious, Bubba Brothers
Take Two, Dani Jack
Mercy (Pray for Me), Sheyna Gee
Love Deficiency Syndrome, Jody Glenham
I’m So Excited, Ian Wilde
Internet, Sex & Drugs, Gay Nineties
Today’s Birthdays
R.I.P.
José van Dam (Belgian opera star)
This Week In … 1972
(Source: Billboard)
No. 1 – “Without You,” Nilsson
Biggest Mover Within the Top 40 – “Everything I Own,” Bread (from No. 28 to No. 10)
Highest Debut (No. 66) – “Could It Be Forever,” David Cassidy
Biggest Mover Within the Hot 100 – “Handbags and Gladrags,” Rod Stewart (from No. 80 to No. 56)
Shoulda Been a Bigger Hit – “Step Out,” The Mamas & The Papas
No. 1 Album – “American Pie,” Don McLean
In U.K.
(Source: Official Charts)
No. 1 Song – “Son of My Father,” Chicory Tip
No. 1 Album – “Neil Reid,” Neil Reid
In Canada
(Source: RPM)
No. 1 Song – “American Pie,” Don McLean
No. 1 Album – “American Pie,” Don McLean
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